Generalized gingival recession, severe

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2018 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2018 to now.

FY2018 Added to the code set Generalized gingival recession, severe

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from K06 Other disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge

Excludes2 - not included here

acute gingivitis (K05.0)
atrophy of edentulous alveolar ridge (K08.2)
chronic gingivitis (K05.1)
gingivitis NOS (K05.1)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Attrition > gum
Atrophy, atrophic > gum
Recession, receding > gingival > generalized > severe

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
K06.020	Generalized gingival recession, unspecified	Valid
K06.021	Generalized gingival recession, minimal	Valid
K06.022	Generalized gingival recession, moderate	Valid